French Legislation In English

Search, Read and Apply French Law. In English.

20+ full codes, 2,400+ articles translated and updated. Case law linked to every article. Read the actual text before you ask a lawyer about it — free, no login required.

Try: L.227-1 SAS governance, L.145-9 bail commercial renewal, L.223-18 gérant removal SARL

20+

french codes

Fully translated

2,400+

articles in English

Updated regularly

480+

court rulings linked

Per article

Free

full access

No login required

Showing 20612070 of 10617 articles for Art. Form 2044

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-8

If the funds referred to in article D. 214-80 are marketed by several distributors, the information on marketing and distribution costs given in the key investor information document, the fund rules,…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-188

…icinal product to the patient completes the dispensing and administration slip with the following information: 1° The patient's surname, forenames and date of birth ; 2° The date of administration; 3°…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorising and operating public health establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories

Article R2131-9

The form, frequency and content of the periodic evaluation of the activities governed by this section and referred to in Article L. 6122-10 , as well as the form and content of the annual report refer…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contractualised support pathway to employment and independence

Article R5131-10

…analysis carried out with the young person of his or her situation, demands, plans and needs. This formalised assessment enables skills to be identified and developed. It forms the basis for directin…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-143

…act for equity securities or securities giving access to the capital is evidenced by a subscription form, drawn up under the conditions determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. However, the subscri…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-4

…f one of the acts mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article 801-1. The collection in digital form of one or more handwritten signatures is carried out under the supervision of the person respon…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Notarial mandate

Article 489

…nt, it is received by a notary chosen by the principal. Acceptance by the agent is made in the same forms. As long as the mandate has not taken effect, the principal may amend it in the same forms or…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-10-1

…cates send these certificates to the service or organisation mentioned in article L. 4321-10 in the form of certified information. They shall also send it, in the same form, the list of students likel…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Amendment and termination.

Article D3313-5

…e profit-sharing agreement may only be amended or terminated by all the signatories and in the same form as it was concluded, except in the event of termination as provided for in the second paragraph…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 566

Where two things belonging to different masters, which have been united so as to form a whole, are nevertheless separable, so that one can subsist without the other, the whole belongs to the master of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
Common Questions

French legislation in English — Q&A

Our translations are produced and reviewed for accuracy, but the only legally binding version of French law is the French original. For court, registry or contractual use we offer lawyer-reviewed or sworn certified translations on request.

Articles are synced with Légifrance and updated as soon as a reform is published in the Journal Officiel, so you always read the version in force — and can see when each article was last amended.

Each article is linked to the key court decisions (Cour de cassation, Conseil d'État, courts of appeal) that interpret it, so you can read the text and its case-law application side by side.

Yes — every article has an AI plain-English summary, and you can order a lawyer-reviewed explanation of how it applies to your specific situation, with next steps.

No. Reading and searching the codes is free with no login. Paid services — certified translation and the legal application report — are entirely optional.

Mariela Petrova

Mariela Petrova

Avocate au Barreau de Paris

Toque #C2396

15+ Years In French Corporate Practice

English · French · Russian

Ready When You Are

Talk To A Lawyer
In France.

A 20–30 minute call, in English, to scope the engagement. No obligation, no preliminary fee. You will leave the call with a clear view of what the work will cover and what it will cost.

First EngagementFixed Fee

Talk to a French lawyer.

Reply within 24 hours.

Communications protected by professional secrecy — secret professionnel de l'avocat, Article 66-5 of the Law of 31 December 1971.

Continue

Related legal services

01 / Read

Browse the French codes

20+ full codes and 2,400+ articles in English, with the key court rulings linked to every article — free to read.

Read More
02 / Apply

Legal application report

A lawyer-reviewed report explaining how the relevant articles apply to your situation, with case-law analysis and next steps.

Read More
03 / Act

Talk to a French lawyer

Scope your matter with a Paris-Bar avocate — incorporation, contracts, disputes — handled bilingually, end to end.

Read More